Improvement in fire-escapes



.NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TOBIAS LYNESS vAND JOSEPH P. DUNNE, OF NEWYORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IYN FIRE-ESCAPEs.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 188,525, dated March20, 1877 application filed January 29, 1877.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that we, ToBIAs LYNEss and JOSEPHP. DUNNE, of the city, county, and

State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Fire-Escape, ofwhich the following is a specication:

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a front elevation of'our improved fire-escape, and Fig. 2 a sectional side view ot' the same,showing it as applied to a house.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre` sponding parts. A

The invention relates to. an improved tireescape of simple and ei'ectiveconstruction, that may be readily applied for use in case of fire so asto provide a steady and reliable exit from any window.

This invention consists of a cross-piece with spurred end cheeks, placedacross the inside of a window-casing, and having a rope-ladder suspendedfrom adjustable eyes. The rounds of the rope-ladder are provided at theends with brackets, and that part of the ladder which passes over thelower window is arranged with one or more crosspieces in place of thebrackets.

In the drawing, A represents the main crosspiece, from which the entirelire-escape is suspended.l Cross-piece A is made somewhat longer thanthe general width of windows, and provided at the ends -with spurredcheeks B, that secure, the cross-piece firmly at the inside of thewindowcasing when the'same is placed in position across the window. Aropeladder, U, is suspended from eyes Cl of crosspiece A, the eyes C1being readily adjustable to greater or less width by sliding theirsockets or bands on the cross-piece and fastening them by clamp-screwsO2.

The rope-ladder is constructed with wooden rounds D, at suitabledistance from each other, of which each round, or every second or thirdround, is provided with fixed cushion brackets or f'eet D', attached tothe ends, which hear against the wall of the house and support therounds at lsuch distance therefrom that they furnish a steady andconvenient hold f'orthe hands and feet. Where the ladder extends overlower windows the brackets or supports D are not required at the rounds,butin place of the same one or more crosspieces, E, are used, that bearon the outside of the windowcasings, and are hung by axes or staples E lto the ropes above the rounds.

In case of tire, the main crosspiece is placed across the window-casing,and the rope-ladder,

with the lower cross-pieces, lowered from the window, after which thefire-escape isV ready for use, being rolled up into narrowvspacel whennot in use, and forming. thus a simple,

cheap, and effective safety device for hotels,

tenement, and other houses.

Having thus described, our invention, we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1. Ladder-ropes G C, connected with a topcross-bar, A, by slide-bands having eyes O1, as described.

2. The cross-piece E, having eyes or staples E', resting on round andreceiving the ropes,

as set forth.

3. A rope-ladder provided with wall-bracket D', consisting'of twocorresponding prongs, rigidly fastened at their junction to the ends ofrounds, for the purpose specified.

' TOBIAS LYNESS.

JOSEPH P. DUNNE.

Witnesses: y

PAUL GoEPEL, C. SEncwIoK.

